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Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI), the publisher behind the hugely successful Call of Duty franchise, has repeatedly stated that it has been disappointed by the launch of Nintendo's (OTC: NTDOY) latest console, Wii U. Earlier this month, Avalanche Studios (the developer behind the Grand Theft Auto-...

Among the social media players, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) saw the biggest swings in short interest between the April 15 and April 30 settlement dates. Other social media companies based in the United States that also saw the number of shares sold short...

Many of the S&P 500 have already reported their first-quarter results, but this week will bring plenty more earnings reports. Highlights will include earnings from Walt Disney and News Corp., Green Mountain Coffee Roasters and Whole Foods Market, Anadarko Petroleum and First Solar, as well as...

In 2012, Yusuf Mehdi -- the man in charge of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) interactive entertainment business -- told the Los Angeles Times that the average Xbox-owning household spends an average of 84 hours a month using Xbox Live. While gaming continues to be a popular draw for the console, it has...

In just over three weeks, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will unveil its third game console. Tentatively referred to as “Xbox 720” by the gaming press, the new machine is expected to contain a new version of Kinect, the ability to run multiple games simultaneously, and a new feature called IllumiRoom...

Everybody likes a comeback story. A person that faced adversity in the eye of the public and came out on top often receives instant approval from onlookers. Even Wall Street rewards companies for rising from the depths of certain doom. Probably the best example of that is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL...

Short sellers continued to pile on to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Pandora (NYSE: P) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) between the February 15 and February 28 settlement dates. But they shied away from other social media companies based in the United States during that period. The short...

As Benzinga reported last week, the release of Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) latest SimCity installment was greeted with much disdain as many gamers were having problems getting started on city construction. Server failures at EA plagued the game during its first week of release, prompting...

This week has provided a much-needed win for Hollywood in the war against piracy. It has also provided the video game industry with another black eye against any and all measures that have been taken to curb the problem. First, the good news: researchers at Wellesley College and Carnegie Mellon...

It is not uncommon for consumers to complain about the technical problems that plague some video games. It is rare, however, that a game is so problematic that it is universally panned by critics and consumers alike. SimCity might have set a new record in this regard, as it is being called a...

As the publisher of Grand Theft Auto, BioShock and NBA 2K, Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) is one of the most popular publishers in the world. The company's market cap may be small -- $1.25 billion versus Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) $5.4 billion and Activision's (NASDAQ: ATVI) $16 billion...

While short sellers generally shied away from social media companies based in the United States in late January, they came rushing back to certain stocks in the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB...

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) was mysteriously absent from last night's PlayStation 4 unveiling. Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI), Capcom and Ubisoft showed off new games, while Square Enix teased attendees with a tech demo for the kinds of gaming experiences it would like to develop. (Square Enix also...

It is not unusual for stocks on a tear to overrun their mean price targets, which is a signal of how far analysts on average expect the share price to climb. Some of the top performing dividend payers in the technology sector over the past six months, such as semiconductor and software maker ARM...

By and large, the short interest in social media companies based in the United States dwindled in the latter two weeks of January. The short interest in Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD),...